procedure DecodeTime ( const SourceDateTime : TDateTime; out Hour, Min, Sec, MSec : Word ) ;
Description
The DecodeTime procedure extracts hour, minute, second and milli-second values from a given SourceDateTime TDateTime type value.
It stores the values in the output variables : Hour, Min, Sec and MSec.
Related commands
DecodeDate Extracts the year, month, day values from a TDateTime var.
DecodeDateTime Breaks a TDateTime variable into its date/time parts
EncodeDate Build a TDateTime value from year, month and day values
EncodeDateTime Build a TDateTime value from day and time values
EncodeTime Build a TDateTime value from hour, min, sec and msec values
RecodeDate Change only the date part of a TDateTime variable
RecodeTime Change only the time part of a TDateTime variable
ReplaceDate Change only the date part of a TDateTime variable
ReplaceTime Change only the time part of a TDateTime variable
Example code : Add 5 minutes to a time and then extract the new time values
var
myDate : TDateTime;
myHour, myMin, mySec, myMilli : Word;
begin
// Set up the myDate variable to have a December 2000 value
myDate := StrToDateTime('29/12/2000 12:45:12.34');
// Now add 5 minutes to this value
myDate := IncMinute(myDate, 5);
// And let us see what we get
DecodeTime(myDate, myHour, myMin, mySec, myMilli);
ShowMessage('Time now = '+TimeToStr(myDate));
ShowMessage('Hour = '+IntToStr(myHour));
ShowMessage('Minute = '+IntToStr(myMin));
ShowMessage('Second = '+IntToStr(mySec));
ShowMessage('MilliSec = '+IntToStr(myMilli));
end;
Show full unit code
Time now = 12:50:12
Hour = 12
Minute = 50
Second = 12
MilliSec = 34